Chapter Summaries

Gu An restored Chen Luo to his wife and gave him a choice about whether to remain responsible for his troubled son; Chen Luo chose to stay his father and cultivate. A month later, He Qingsong confronted Gu An over the Heavenly Dao Theory, and his words revealed that Zhu Xi had once held a fate above all living beings.

• Gu An promised to save Chen Luo's wife and offered to sever Chen Luo's ties to his son, but Chen Luo chose to protect and support the boy.
• Gu An brought Chen Luo to the Hidden Spirit Palace Daoist field, then returned to reading the Heavenly Dao Theory.
• A month later, the Blood Prison Great Sage bragged about defeating Lu Xian, while Gu An observed the troubles and pursuits of his old acquaintances.
• He Qingsong confronted Gu An, claiming that keeping the Heavenly Dao Theory blocked the world's destined True Immortal inheritance and asking Gu An to release it.
• Gu An summoned Zhu Xi and asked whether he should give He Qingsong the Heavenly Dao Theory; he then handed the book to her and let the Blood Prison Great Sage continue on.
• He Qingsong called Zhu Xi His Highness and asked whether she wished to restore her former fate above all living beings, prompting Jueluo Sword Monarch to recognize her identity.

Zhu Xi gave the Heavenly Dao Theory to Jueluo Sword Monarch after He Qingsong revealed that she had once been Holy Heaven, while Shen Zhen began comprehending the Path of Destiny. Jueluo Sword Monarch announced that he held the text and challenged all who sought immortal fortune, and Zhu Xi fled Taixuan Sect to avoid bringing trouble to Gu An.

• He Qingsong told Long Qing that Zhu Xi had once been called Holy Heaven, shocking the disciples who knew Holy Heaven as the Sacred Court's strongest being.
• Gu An reflected on the coming slaughter and his need to grow stronger, while the revelation about Zhu Xi remained secret and brought more visitors to Third Medicine Valley.
• Shen Zhen showed Gu An a landscape painting of a possible future and described visions that revealed her growing comprehension of the Path of Destiny.
• A black-robed man and his followers headed toward Taixuan Sect to seek someone who knew Sword Venerable Fudao's attitude toward the Heavenly Dao Theory.
• Zhu Xi gave the Heavenly Dao Theory to Jueluo Sword Monarch, who mocked her and publicly invited challengers to seize the immortal fortune.
• Zhu Xi saluted Gu An from afar and ran toward the valley exit, hoping to protect herself and keep trouble away from him.

Gu An let Zhu Xi leave and reflected on the limits of his power and the unknown beyond the universe. In the North Sea Mountains, He Qingsong gave Perfected Lord Xuanmiao the Heavenly Dao Jade and urged him to pursue immortality, leaving Xuanmiao to teach his disciple to judge by deeds rather than words.

• Gu An decided not to calculate Zhu Xi’s future and looked forward to living somewhere new in the next epoch.
• Perfected Lord Xuanmiao watched a distant battle while his Daoist boy tended an alchemy furnace and asked about the mountain god and a True Immortal inheritance.
• He Qingsong visited the temple and told Perfected Lord Xuanmiao that Heaven’s Dao rejected an existence close to him, while claiming that immortals supported Heaven and Earth in relieving their burden.
• He Qingsong gave Perfected Lord Xuanmiao the Heavenly Dao Jade, saying it could redeem tragedies at a price and that Xuanmiao had the potential to become an immortal.
• After He Qingsong vanished, Perfected Lord Xuanmiao told his disciple to judge people by their actions and let personal faith determine what was true.

Gu An watched his companions pursue their goals while the Heavenly Dao’s influence spread and Jueluo Sword Monarch overwhelmed rivals seeking Heavenly Dao Theories. Two hundred years later, Gu An considered the risks of his next breakthrough as Lu Baitian asked for his opinion.

• Chen Luo lost his sparring match with the Deep Sea Dragon Carp, then told Xu Ling he wanted to grow stronger and protect Chen Chuan; Xu Ling sought revenge, while the Deep Sea Dragon Carp wanted to unite the oceans and protect Hidden Spirit Palace.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch defeated the Black-Robed Man and his subordinates, took their Heavenly Dao Theories, and forced them to retreat.
• Yang Jian watched Jueluo Sword Monarch and wondered whether leaving the Third Medicine Valley had cost him greater opportunities, while growing uneasy about the public’s waning reverence for Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Two hundred years later, Gu An checked his lifespan of more than 7.4 billion years and considered when and where to attempt his next breakthrough, wary of drawing the Heavenly Spirit God’s attention.
• Lu Baitian asked Gu An whether people he had complained about were being too greedy.

Gu An rejected Taixuan Sect’s hopes of obtaining the True Immortal inheritance and warned Lu Baitian against relying on him, though he eased the conversation with a joke about becoming crippled. As he reflected on aging friends and the changing era, Gu An considered seeking his next breakthrough in the land of reincarnation.

• Gu An told Lu Baitian that Taixuan Sect had to pursue the Heavenly Mandate on its own, then showed him black lines on his palm as a warning about the cost of interfering too much.
• Lu Baitian panicked at the thought of Gu An losing his cultivation, but the two joked about Lu Baitian taking care of him and returned to their old ease.
• Gu An returned to Third Medicine Valley, noticed a faint trace of Heavenly Dao fortune on Chen Chuan, and asked the Blood Prison Great Sage to have An Xin prepare a gift for Elder Li’s two-thousandth-birthday banquet.
• Gu An reflected that Elder Li’s death would leave him with few true friends and sensed that an old era was fading.
• Gu An surveyed the universe, observed the War Court expanding through the Extinction Domain, and considered using the Reincarnation Vortex to find a breakthrough site.
• Gu An wondered whether he should go to the land of reincarnation for his next breakthrough, and the idea excited him.

Ye Tianji rejected He Qingsong’s proposed alliance unless He Qingsong revealed the Long Clan descendant’s identity or granted him access to the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill. Thirty years later, Gu An finished a chess game with the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord and encountered Ye Qingxue, who hesitated to approach him.

• Ye Tianji dismissed the idea that an immortal god was interfering and ordered the winged man to focus on capturing the Long Clan remnants.
• He Qingsong proposed that he and Ye Tianji work together to pursue the Long Clan descendant and the Heavenly Mandate.
• Ye Tianji demanded the descendant’s identity or access to the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill, and He Qingsong agreed to let him enter when the pill appeared.
• Thirty years later, Gu An read Travels of the Green Hero while playing chess with the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord, who told him about Jueluo Sword Monarch and the missing volume of Heavenly Dao Theory.
• Gu An left the Daoist arena and saw Ye Qingxue waiting at the valley entrance; she struggled to decide whether to approach him.

Gu An took Ye Qingxue to Main Sect City after learning that the Qin Family had abducted her gifted disciple for its secret fortune-stealing scheme. At the Elder Hall, he summoned Taixuan Sect’s elders, leaving them anxious about what had provoked his sudden show of authority.

• Gu An reassured the nervous Ye Qingxue and offered to solve her trouble before she explained it.
• Ye Qingxue told Gu An that the Qin Family had taken her disciple to an overseas island to use in its scheme to gather the fortune and talent of ninety-nine geniuses.
• Gu An brought Ye Qingxue to the Elder Hall, where disciples knelt as he entered under the Dark Hall’s watch.
• Gu Zong greeted Gu An, who ordered him to gather all the elders.
• The elders appeared and grew tense when Gu An ignored their greetings, while they wondered why he had brought Ye Qingxue.

Gu An exposed the Qin Family’s secret island, rescued Ye Qingxue’s disciple, and destroyed the island’s perpetrators. He left the Taixuan Sect’s future to its people and walked into Main Sect City, where he foresaw the street would one day become wilderness.

• Gu An told the Taixuan Sect elders he had come to bid them farewell, unsettling the gathered elders and leaving Lu Baitian to wonder whether Gu An was simply tired.
• Gu An revealed a miniature island in his palm, where Ye Qingxue saw her disciple Ye Chang bound and near death among other captives.
• Gu An pulled the imprisoned geniuses from the island and reduced the island and its inhabitants to sand, while Ye Qingxue rushed to help Ye Chang.
• Gu An told the elders to investigate the truth and conduct themselves properly, then left with Ye Qingxue and Ye Chang as Ji Hantian demanded an explanation from the Qin Family elders.
• A Qin Family elder confessed that the family had been practicing evil arts, and Lu Baitian felt powerless as Gu An assured Ye Qingxue that no one would trouble her again.
• Gu An strolled through Main Sect City and foresaw that the lively street would eventually become desolate wilderness.

Gu An discussed a possible departure with An Xin and asked her to prepare a successor for Third Medicine Valley, while secretly remaining in his pavilion to prepare for a breakthrough. An Hao warned Immortal Emperor Yang that a powerful enemy threatened the Heavenly Spirit Great World, and two centuries later Gu An sensed a Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal heading toward the Immortal Dynasty.

• Gu An asked An Xin what she would think if he left, and she said she would follow him; he instructed her to choose a future valley master without revealing his plans.
• An Hao told Immortal Emperor Yang that the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill had drawn powerful beings and showed him a vision of the Immortal Dynasty being destroyed.
• An Hao explained that he had repeatedly experienced the Heavenly Spirit Great World’s destruction through the Heavenly Dao’s reincarnation and warned that the Sacred Court would be next.
• An Hao said the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill could empower Immortal Emperor Yang beyond Free Immortal, but would erase his emotions and make him its puppet; Immortal Emperor Yang faced his own reflection within the Golden Pill’s halo.
• Two hundred years later, Gu Zong and Gu Yu visited Gu An’s pavilion and believed he had been gone for more than a century, while An Xin promised to notify them if he returned.
• Gu An revealed that he had been hiding in his pavilion and preparing for a breakthrough, then sensed a Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal rushing toward the Immortal Dynasty.

As a Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal attacked the Immortal Dynasty in search of the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill, Gu An watched the battle and sent a clone into the land of reincarnation to find a place to break through before the War Court arrived. The clash between two Dao Treasury Carefree Immortals began shaking the Heavenly Spirit Great World, while Zhu Xi experienced visions connected to the Golden Pill and her past life.

• A purple light struck the Heavenly Spirit Great World, alarming Long Qing, Chen Chuan, and the disciples of the Third Medicine Valley, who worried about Gu An's long absence.
• A Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal from Beyond Heaven crushed the Immortal Dynasty's defenses, and Gu An recognized his connection to the War Court and saw that he was seeking the hidden Heavenly Dao Golden Pill.
• Gu An sent a clone into the land of reincarnation to search for a place to break through and watched the Immortal Dynasty's battle at the same time.
• Immortal Emperor Yang emerged through the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill as a blazing sun, restoring the Immortal Dynasty's wounded Immortal Spirits and beginning a fight against the invading Dao Treasury Carefree Immortal.
• Zhu Xi felt the pressure of the battle and saw visions of the Golden Pill and a figure speaking to her, but she could not hear what he said.

Gu An watched the world recover after Immortal Emperor Yang defeated an enemy from Beyond Heaven, while a gray-robed Daoist offered Li Xuandao the Xuansu Emperor Sword in exchange for faith in Immortal Monarch Xuansu. After a year of calm, Gu An reached ten billion years of lifespan and unlocked the Longevity Dao Field.

• A gray-robed Daoist offered Li Xuandao protection from the Heavenly Dao and the Xuansu Emperor Sword if he had the people revere Immortal Monarch Xuansu.
• Li Xuandao accepted the sword but grew wary of the Heavenly Dao after the Daoist explained that Sword Venerable Fudao stood apart from it.
• Immortal Emperor Yang's victory ended the catastrophe, and Li Xuandao cut down the waves threatening Taicang Continent with a single sword.
• Gu An concluded that Li Xuandao could protect the continent without his intervention and welcomed the calm that followed.
• Gu An took lifespan from a Long Heart Spirit Flower, surpassed ten billion years, and unlocked the Longevity Dao Field function.

Gu An spent billions of years of lifespan breaking through in the Land of Reincarnation, reaching the perfected Innate Golden Immortal Realm as powerful beings stirred in the darkness. His breakthrough also caused spatial distortions across the universe, where Ye Tianji saw the Heavenly Spirit God appear beneath the Boundary Gate.

• Gu An entered the Land of Reincarnation and began attempting to break through to the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit Realm, failing through many tribulations.
• Gu An endured the Reincarnation Crown-Gathering Great Dao Void Tribulation and advanced to the early stage of the Innate Golden Immortal Realm.
• Gu An used more lifespan to reach the perfected Innate Golden Immortal Realm and saw the reincarnation scenes of people connected to him.
• Gu An sensed a powerful presence in the darkness and stayed alert while the reincarnation energy and Rules of Reincarnation surged around him.
• An Hao and Immortal Emperor Yang saw the starry sky distort, while spatial phenomena spread across the Heavenly Spirit Great World and Extinction Domain.
• Ye Tianji sensed the Great Dao of Reincarnation stirring and saw the Heavenly Spirit God appear beneath the Boundary Gate.

Ye Tianji, Zhu Xi, and Jueluo Sword Monarch reacted to growing signs of chaos in reincarnation as the world’s spiritual energy began to sink. In the Land of Reincarnation, Gu An continued transforming into an Innate Golden Immortal, and his Golden Pill began to crack as a sprout emerged.

• Ye Tianji suspected a hidden force was manipulating events in the Heavenly Spirit Great World and wondered whether the Long Clan’s descendants had fled there for a reason.
• Zhu Xi blamed the Reincarnation Vortex for disrupting reincarnation and decided to seek a place where she could risk everything for a chance to survive.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch gathered eight copies of Heavenly Dao Theory and vanished to pursue the last one, fearing the coming danger and Sword Venerable Fudao’s absence.
• As heaven and earth’s spiritual energy sank, Gu An cultivated in the Land of Reincarnation and sensed a Yellow River Black Dragon and a Golden Buddha passing over the lotus sea.
• Gu An shrank into a Golden Pill as he advanced toward the Innate Golden Immortal Realm, and a sprout emerged from a crack in its top.

Gu An completed his breakthrough to the perfected Innate Golden Immortal Realm, triggering upheaval across many worlds and alarming the Taixuan Sect. He left the Land of Reincarnation and settled in a remote region of the Heavenly Spirit Great World, where he planned to establish a new Dao Field.

• Gu An’s Golden Pill shattered as his Dao Fruit blossomed, advancing him to the Innate Golden Immortal Realm and causing disturbances across the worlds.
• Lu Baitian questioned An Xin about Gu An’s whereabouts, while Long Qing and the valley disciples considered whether they would follow Gu An if he left the Taixuan Sect.
• Gu An wondered whether the Land of Reincarnation was another powerful being’s Dao Fruit World, then decided to establish his Longevity Dao Field in the Heavenly Spirit Great World instead of the Taixuan Sect.
• Gu An reached the perfected Innate Golden Immortal Realm, left through the Reincarnation Vortex, and arrived in a remote mountain region of the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Gu An descended toward a nearby town, choosing the region for its relative peace and the presence of an old acquaintance’s reincarnation.

Gu An met five children seeking immortality and promised to teach them cultivation, then continued planning to establish the Longevity Dao Field. As the War Court advanced on the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Gu An agreed that Long Qing would take charge after he and An Xin left.

• Gu An encountered Yi Xiaoqiang and four other children in the forest, inspected their lifespans, and invited them to return the next day to learn immortal cultivation.
• Gu An sensed the War Court’s renewed advance and considered its plans to seize the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill and kill Long Qing.
• Gu An searched for a site for the Longevity Dao Field and planned to move two grotto-heavens there while letting the Taixuan Sect adjust to his eventual departure.
• Ye Tianji ordered the War Court to attack the Heavenly Spirit Great World swiftly, while the winged man noticed mysterious figures appearing within the nine suns above him.
• The War Court arrived above the Heavenly Spirit Great World, where cultivators across the realm sensed its oppressive presence.
• An Xin asked Gu An about leaving, and he agreed that Long Qing would take charge, saying Long Qing’s great karma would soon dissipate.

As War Court threatened the Heavenly Spirit Great World, Gu An watched Immortal Emperor Yang and the Sacred Chancellor negotiate with Ye Tianji while wondering why the Heavenly Spirit God remained passive. Ye Tianji began to seize the world and awakened Long Qing’s buried memories, leaving Long Qing in agony as he remembered slaughtering an entire world.

• An Xin spoke with Gu An about Long Qing’s fate, and Gu An told her to have Long Qing make preparations.
• War Court’s pressure spread across the world, and Immortal Emperor Yang and the Sacred Chancellor went Beyond Heaven to negotiate.
• Gu An observed the negotiations and noticed nine suns containing Mystic Origin Carefree Immortals from different universes, while the Heavenly Spirit God remained at the Boundary Gate.
• Ye Tianji rejected the Sacred Chancellor’s pleas, revealed he knew they were waiting for Sword Venerable Fudao, and prepared to attack.
• Ye Tianji plunged the Heavenly Spirit Great World into darkness and sent an enormous hand down toward it.
• Ye Tianji called for the descendant of the Long Clan to awaken, and Long Qing collapsed as memories surfaced of him slaughtering every living being in a world.

Gu An watched Ye Tianji awaken Long Qing’s past-life memories, then intervened when the War Court threatened the Heavenly Spirit Great World. He destroyed Ye Tianji and the War Court’s projected experts, leaving Immortal Emperor Yang and the Sacred Chancellor stunned.

• Gu An decided Long Qing had to face the karma of his previous life and resolved to erase the consequences of Long Zhan’s actions by stopping the War Court.
• Ye Tianji revealed that he and the War Court had come to kill Immortal Emperor Yang and the Sacred Chancellor, then located Immortal Emperor Yang beneath Sword Venerable Fudao.
• Gu An appeared as Sword Venerable Fudao and restrained Ye Tianji, while nine Xuanyuan Carefree Immortals surrounded him.
• Gu An unleashed Dao-Protecting Divine Essence and shattered all nine War Court projections.
• Gu An mocked the War Court and erased Ye Tianji’s body, soul, and karma, leaving Immortal Emperor Yang and the Sacred Chancellor in shock.

Gu An killed Ye Tianji and defeated the War Court, then met Sword God Yang Ping'an in the depths of the universe. Yang Ping'an challenged him to a sword contest, and the two prepared to clash.

• Gu An erased Ye Tianji and slew some fleeing War Court powerhouses, ending the threat to the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
• Immortal Emperor Yang and the Sacred Chancellor discussed Gu An’s possible departure and resolved to make his deeds known to all living beings.
• Gu An gathered the nine suns and confronted the Sword God, whom he recognized as Yang Ping'an, his former-life disciple.
• Yang Ping'an declared Gu An the opponent he had sought and released his Sword Intent.
• Gu An drew the Heavenly Abode Sword, and the two sword cultivators faced off for a clash across the years.

Gu An defeated the Sword God in a clash of Sword Daos, then concealed the encounter and reunited with the five youths he was teaching. He opened a Longevity Dao Field spanning five thousand li and left one billion years of lifespan inside to defend it.

• Gu An used the Eternal Boundless Divine Sword to severely injure the Sword God, who escaped into the River of Sword Dao.
• Jueluo Sword Monarch sensed the clash between two vast Sword Daos and recognized them as belonging to Sword Venerable Fudao and the Sword God.
• Gu An checked his Attribute Panel and found that his lifespan had grown to over 7.9 billion years after the battle.
• Yi Xiaoqiang and the other four reunited with Gu An, and he taught all five the method of refining qi until they cultivated spiritual energy.
• Gu An traveled to a remote mountain and opened a Longevity Dao Field with a radius of five thousand li, storing one billion years of lifespan in it.

Gu An moved his companions and Mystic Valley to his Daoist sanctum, Wushi, while his departure stirred the Taixuan Sect and spread news of the War Court. The Sword God recovered from his defeat and discussed Gu An’s strength, the Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal, and a Heavenly Dao Golden Pill guarded by the Heavenly Spirit God.

• Gu An relocated the World-Outside Grotto-Heaven and other companions to his Daoist sanctum, then brought Jiang Shi and An Shengtian after they agreed to leave with him.
• After Gu An moved Mystic Valley away, news of Sword Venerable Fudao’s departure shocked the Taixuan Sect, while Long Qing became Third Medicine Valley’s master and the Sacred Court and Immortal Dynasty publicized the War Court disaster.
• Gu An invited Shen Zhen to Wushi, where An Xin welcomed her and explained that it was Gu An’s Dao field.
• The Sword God recovered among the bone-covered mountains as a white-haired old man identified his lingering affliction as Lu Qiuxian’s Dao-Extinguishing Fate Seal.
• The Sword God said Gu An reminded him of his master, whom he believed still existed through the growing Sacred Heart Sword Dao in the River of Sword Dao.
• The Sword God asked the white-haired old man about the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill, and the old man warned that it was bait guarded by the Heavenly Spirit God.